Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants

Bartolomeo Coriolano, Artist Guido Reni, Artist
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About the Artwork

Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants

1647

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Artist) Italian, 1599-1676 Guido Reni (Artist) Italian, 1575-1642

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in three shades of brown ink on laid paper

Image: 17 3/8 × 12 1/4 inches (44.1 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (44.5 × 31.4 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S318.A

Public Domain

Markings

Inscribed, on block, upper left of image: TERRA PARENS | Quondam Celestibus | Inuida Regnis. | Claud. Gigamon. Inscribed, in brown ink, below image, lower center: nxno Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [illegible notations]

Label attached to verso: [artist, title, reference and medium printed in German]

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May 1894, Juan Jorge Peoli (New York, New York, USA).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Von Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur illustré. Vol., 12, Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1971, no. 114.12 II.

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Bartolomeo Coriolano; after Guido Reni, Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants, 1647, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in three shades of brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S318.A.

Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants
Jupiter Overwhelming the Giants